A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c37.94

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837 Bolasthavira in some MSS and in the A.s. (Ci.5.87). The commentators disagree on the interpretation as one or two words and on the identity or identities of the plants involved (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972). P.V. Sharma (1997) regards boḷasthavira as identical with muṇḍī. The Aṣṭāngahṛdayakoṣa identifies boṭa as jātirasa, i.e. myrrh.